Weakness is about the last thing a man wants to possess. That is precisely why it is the known power source of God's reign on earth.
Some struggle with the term; they have a disregard or disrespect for any who are weak. That is unfortunate. Ironically, I don't know one man who is strong. Any who believe themselves to be otherwise simply have no clue as to how weak they appear to others.
Why does God use this tool? It is the signal to all witnesses that the only way anything can work out is because God is in full demonstration. I Cor. 2:1-5 speaks of the most famous apostle fearing and trembling as the power may be of God and not of himself. The same man later wrote that it is true; power is perfected in weakness.
God's man is always on a mission to powerful encounters and overwhelming opportunities. He gets there when he becomes convinced weakness is the very trait God wishes to see rather than wishes to be hidden. Good leaders are not those who convey their strengths. That's sheer fluff; even bluff. Man's weakness is the substance which induces God muscle.
It takes absurd faith to dare reach comfort in this zone; but it is precisely the power plant from which God displays His strength. Too, weakness removes the problematic ego which wants to focus on ways to convince ourselves we are mini-gods. We are not. He alone is God.
Power.....is perfected in the weak ones. Yippee! I fit in!
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